Wagner, Baseball Hall of Fame

How former Houston Astros great Billy Wagner made unlikely climb to reach Baseball Hall of Fame
To gain entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner completed a climb few candidates have managed. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, attained the 75% support from voters required for election in his final year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot.
Is Billy Wagner really a Hall of Famer? A few thoughts on this year's BBWAA voting.
One reason I choose not to vote for the Hall of Fame is that it gives me the freedom to critique the electorate as an objective outsider. I've explained
Billy Wagner’s emotional Baseball Hall of Fame selection: ‘Felt like the clock stopped’
Billy Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, after he missed by just five votes last year.
Ferrum College baseball legend, Miller School coach Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Miller School baseball coach Billy Wagner, known to the outside world as the best lefthanded closer in MLB history, is a Baseball Hall of Famer.
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner has the career stats for Hall of Fame but is awaiting final votes
After falling five votes short of Baseball Hall of Fame last year, Billy Wagner is hopeful on his final year on ballot.
Astros’ Hall of Famers react to Billy Wagner’s Cooperstown honor
Several Houston Astros’ legends reacted to Billy Wagner’s selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former closer’s road to Cooperstown began in Houston in 1995. During his nine years with the Astros,
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Former Astros closer Billy Wagner joins Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell in Baseball Hall of Fame
In his 10th and final year on the ballot, former Astros closer Billy Wagner earned is place in Cooperstown, N.Y. in the ...
Yankees’ CC Sabathia elected to Hall of Fame; Ichiro Suzuki, Billy Wagner also make Class of 2025
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One dissenting vote cannot diminish induction into Hall of Fame: The week in baseball
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Fenway made a big impression on Billy Wagner while he was on the road to Cooperstown
Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.
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Yankees legend Derek Jeter is on last nerve with Hall of Fame topic: ‘Tired of being asked’
Countless people have called out the voter, including NJ Advance Media’s Bob Klapisch, who called the voter the “Clown of the ...